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A non-American governmental edict may still be copyrighted outside the U.S. Similarly, the above U.S. Copyright Office Practice does not prevent U.S. states or localities from holding copyright abroad, depending on foreign copyright laws and regulations.

File history

{{Information |Description=A photocopy of the Constitution of the State of California, 1879, as published in the Statutes of 1880. |Source=California State Archives; uploaded as a PDF to enwp by w:User:Kwamikagami at 06:07, 26 February 2008 |Date=187